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Google’s Gemini for Home Is Bringing Back Continued Conversations

Google’s Gemini for Home Is Bringing Back Continued Conversations

Google’s helpful Continued Conversations feature is returning to Google Home speakers that are using the Gemini for Home assistant, the company announced Tuesday. The feature makes it easier to have a back-and-forth conversation with your speaker without repeating, “Hey, Google,” multiple times. After activating the setting, your speaker will remain active for a few seconds after each response to handle any follow-up requests. If this sounds familiar, that’s because Google Home speakers supported the feature for years under the original Google Assistant. This new version that works with the Gemini assistant is said to have better contextual responses since it can keep track of your prior conversations and support more languages.  Watch this: From Great to Maddening: What’s Up with Google Home? 08:52 Google also says the Gemini for Home assistant will be better at tuning out distracting chatter. Google Home speakers have been providing early access to the Gemini for Home assistant over the past several months, but users have had to opt in to that program. Eventually, Gemini for Home will fully replace Google …

Judge: Continued Border Patrol sweeps in California violated court order

Judge: Continued Border Patrol sweeps in California violated court order

A federal judge ruled that Border Patrol agents continued making illegal stops and arrests after she ordered them to quit. In a tersely worded decision unsealed Thursday morning, the judge wrote that agents had “again detained people without reasonable suspicion,” relying on broad assumptions about day laborers instead of specific evidence of immigration violations. The ruling by Judge Jennifer Thurston of the Eastern District of California grants a United Farm Workers motion to enforce a preliminary injunction the judge issued last year. That motion barred Border Patrol agents from detaining people in California’s Central Valley without documenting the specific facts and reasoning for the stops. According to one legal expert, the ruling gives the Trump administration an opportunity to comply before consequences could escalate. Thurston highlighted that point during a hearing last year, telling the federal government: “You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin and say, ‘Give me your papers.’” Thurston’s original order also prohibited agents from carrying out warrantless arrests without first assessing whether a person is a flight risk. A …

Vermont Recommends Continued, but Reduced, NEK Moose Hunting

Vermont Recommends Continued, but Reduced, NEK Moose Hunting

Joey Davis spends much of his time in the woods of the Northeast Kingdom. He guides moose hunts, and in the spring he combs the woods for antlers that moose have naturally shed. But he often finds something he’s not hoping for: dead moose calves, killed by winter ticks. Winter ticks are native to northeastern New England and have become a serious problem for moose in some places. Tens of thousands of them can live on just one animal, according to research published in the Canadian Journal of Zoology. They latch on in the fall and live on the same moose throughout the winter, feeding on the moose’s blood. When their numbers are high, these little creatures can have a big impact, killing moose calves and significantly weakening adults. The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says that the impact of winter ticks has been worst in the Northeast Kingdom, where the moose population is densest. The department has tried to reduce the moose population there through permitted hunting, which they say will help moderate the …

Zelenskyy says Putin only interested in continued war – POLITICO

Zelenskyy says Putin only interested in continued war – POLITICO

Zelenskyy underlined that his country is making enormous sacrifices to hold Russia at bay, and reiterated his call for more and speedier arms deliveries from its allies. A particular sore point is delays in missiles for air defense systems while Russia pounds critical power and heating plants during a freezing winter. Ukraine is also hitting targets deep in Russia, and Zelenskyy noted that is what seems to make Russia more serious about peace negotiations. “The stronger we are, the more realistic peace becomes,” he said. Zelenskyy has continued to push hard at Munich for Tomahawk missiles from the U.S. During a meeting with American senators, the Ukrainian president told them the missiles could help Kyiv strike targets deep inside Russia. The meeting covered “what the front line status currently is with Russian losses, and what the Russians need to do, if they want to move the line of contact forward,” Senator Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat, told POLITICO. On Friday, Senator Lindsey Graham, who led the Senate’s delegation to Munich, said Kyiv needs the long-range missiles to force …

Rafah crossing partially reopens amid continued violence across Gaza – POLITICO

Rafah crossing partially reopens amid continued violence across Gaza – POLITICO

“The Rafah crossing has reopened for movement of people only,” Israel’s Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) said Sunday in a statement on X. “Today, a pilot is underway to test and assess the operation of the crossing. The movement of residents in both directions, entry and exit to and from Gaza, is expected to begin tomorrow,” it said. “Exit from and entry into the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing will be permitted in coordination with Egypt, following prior security clearance of individuals by Israel, and under the supervision of the European Union mission, similar to the mechanism implemented in January 2025,” COGAT said in an earlier post on social media. Israel announced separately on Sunday that it was terminating the operations of Doctors Without Borders in Gaza, accusing the group of failing to submit lists of its Palestinian staff — a requirement Israeli authorities say applies to all aid organizations in the territory. Doctors Without Borders said on Friday that it would not share a list of its Palestinian and international …

Contrary to popular belief, EV sales growth continued to accelerate in 2025

Contrary to popular belief, EV sales growth continued to accelerate in 2025

BYD Shenzhen, the world’s largest car transport ship (Source: BYD) In 2025, the world sold 20.7 million EVs – 3.6 million more EVs than it did in the previous year, according to a new report by Rho Motion. That’s a larger increase than last year’s 3.5 million increase, which was also higher than the previous year, showing that EVs keep growing despite unprecedented attacks against them by governments and by the automakers themselves. 2025 was once again marked by ubiquitous falsehoods in the media regarding electric cars. If you spent the year reading headlines, or listening to lobbying from automakers, or political statements by fossil shills squatting in government, you’d think the bottom was falling out of EV sales. After all, for not just this past year, but over two years now, there have been stories all throughout media claiming that EV sales are slowing, cooling, falling, or any other number of inaccurate words. Advertisement – scroll for more content Even automakers have reacted to these falsehoods and reduced their EV production plans – even …

Mounjaro and Wegovy may need to be continued for life, new research suggests | Science, Climate & Tech News

Mounjaro and Wegovy may need to be continued for life, new research suggests | Science, Climate & Tech News

The weight loss jabs Mounjaro and Wegovy may need to be continued for life to keep obesity under control, new research suggests. The finding will dismay people who are stretching their household finances to afford treatment, which can cost up to £300 a month depending on the dose and drug. Almost two million British adults have used the jabs in the last year. And the overwhelming majority are paying privately. According to the new research, around half of users stop treatment within a year. That’s often because of side effects or cost. But it then takes an average of just one and a half years for people to put back on all the weight they’ve lost, results published in the British Medical Journal reveal. Professor Susan Jebb, an expert on diet and population health at the University of Oxford, told Sky News it suggests treatment may need to be long-term. “Most people who are living with obesity, who have all that genetic and metabolic predisposition to gain weight, are going to need lifelong support of …